# Bananas and Polyethylene (LDPE, LLDPE)

Their prices have moved together.

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/links/bananas-and-polyethylene-ldpe-lldpe/

[Bananas](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/bananas/) (commodity) and [Polyethylene (LDPE, LLDPE)](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/polyethylene/) (chemical): 1 relationship.

## How they are linked

### 1. Price link: packaging

*Cost and price · Weak · Both ways*

Banana bunches are covered with plastic bags in the field and packed in plastic liners, so polyethylene is a small cost. The data shows no link: monthly moves correlate at minus 0.12.

- **-0.12** monthly change correlation
- **-0.03** 12-month change correlation
- **1.06** fitted elasticity

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